A war zone was an unlikely setting for a sitcom when M A S H debuted in 1972. But the series lasted eleven seasons and drew some 106 million viewers to its finale. At the show's half-century, principals look back at their life in the trenches.
There were numerous oddball characters in “M.A.S.H.,” the old TV show about a surgical hospital in the battlefront in Korea. One of them, Major Winchester, considered himself the consummate practitioner. In one episode, he droned continually, "I do one thing. I do it very well.and then I move on." That fairly describes how President Obama would have described his approach to foreign policy before Tuesday night’s speech. He personally handled every serious issue. He decided on his time table.